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NASHUA, N.H. – The Southern Vermont College men's volleyball team dropped both contests in a Saturday tri-match held at Daniel Webster College which also pitted the Mountaineers against top-ranked and defending national champion Springfield College; SVC fell in three-straight sets to the Eagles in a New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) match and then again against the Pride in non-conference action.

SVC opened the day with a morning loss to the hosting Eagles with game scores of 25-20, 25-22, and 25-11. Springfield then took the middle match, defeating SVC 25-20, 25-21, 25-21.

The Mountaineers fall to 5-7 on the season, 2-1 in the NECC. Daniel Webster moves to 6-5 overall, 3-0 in the league, and Springfield improves to 12-3 on the 2013 campaign after also knocking off DWC.

Springfield hit .410 overall while SVC hit .178. The Pride finished with 48 kills to 29 from the Mountaineers, while SVC combined for seven service aces.

Facing the first top-ranked team or defending national champion in any sport in DWC athletics history, the Eagles were over-matched by Springfield's height and depth as the Pride prevailed with set scores of 25-14, 25-17 and 25-20 in the day's closing match.

Alistair Matthews (Freehold, N.J.) led Springfield with 11 kills and hit .556 with one error in 18 attempts and Greg Falcone (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) was nearly perfect with 10 kills and no errors in 12 attack attempts to hit .833. Falcone would add five total blocks including three solos.

Hendrix led the Eagles with 19 kills while Walz added five and Vargas had four. Frias finished with 27 assists.

Springfield hit a remarkable .514 edging DWC in total kills (41-39) and added a decisive advantage in total blocks (9-1).

Southern Vermont continues its NECC schedule on Tuesday with a 6 p.m. home match against Endicott College, one which needed to be rescheduled from Sunday due to impending winter weather in the New England area. Daniel Webster visits Lasell College on Monday for a 7 p.m. non-conference matchup, and Springfield returns to action on Wednesday when the Pride visit Mass. Institute of Technology for 6 p.m. contest.